What are the dangers of repeated otitis externa?

1. In addition to otitis media, once the middle ear is inflamed, external bacteria will invade and infect nearby organs and tissues, causing ear diseases such as tympanic membrane perforation. 2. Patients with otitis media often have ear discomfort, which can cause ear pain, fever, pus, hearing loss, and accompanied by tinnitus, which makes patients very painful. 3. Otitis media is easy to **, if it is not effectively controlled, it will lead to increased membrane perforation, otitis media adhesion hardening, further hearing loss, and severe hearing loss.

4. If there is acute otitis media that changes to chronic otitis media, it is often manifested as ear pus, which is repeated and endless, in addition, there is tinnitus and hearing loss, and if complications occur, there will be dizziness and headache. 5. If otitis media affects the brain, it is easy to cause health problems such as meningitis, extrameningeal abscess and brain abscess, and otitis media bacteria will infect all parts of the brain, which can easily cause paralysis and complete deafness.

Inflammation of the external auditory canal, usually the symptoms of it vary slightly depending on the type of inflammation of the external auditory canal. For example, in the case of acute otitis externa due to a bacterial or viral infection, the patient's symptoms are mainly pain, which is very obvious. Some people can affect sleep and myopia.

There is also swelling of the external auditory canal, as well as ear stuffiness in the external auditory canal, hearing loss, and sometimes purulent secretions. If it is otitis externa caused by eczema of the external auditory canal, it is usually a severe itchy ear, many patients will pick their ears with their hands, or pick their ears with ear picking, the more they dig **, the more serious the eczema will be, and even lead to oozing yellow discharge. Digging too hard may lead to infection, and the patient will have pain in addition to itching.

The third is fungal infection, its main symptom, the patient will show ear stuffiness, there will be an increase in ear discharge, that is, there are always these black lumps, these secretions come out of the ear, each type of otitis media, otitis externa, it manifests in different ways.

If the patient has acute otitis externa, and the local swelling is obvious, phenol glycerin drops, ofloxacin, and chloramphenicol drops can be used, which can relieve swelling, reduce inflammation and relieve pain. In addition, depending on the degree of swelling, oral anti-inflammatory and antibacterial drugs can be taken. If it is chronic otitis externa, it is necessary to control the blood sugar at a normal level in order to achieve a better ** effect.

Otitis externa refers to inflammation of the external auditory canal with earache, burning, aggravation when opening the mouth and chewing, and examination for pinnale traction pain and tragus tenderness as the main early manifestations, which can be divided into two categories:

1. Localized otitis externa: manifested as boils in the external auditory canal, referring to the ** hair follicle of the external auditory canal, or localized purulent inflammation of the sebaceous gland, which can be accompanied by tinnitus or ear stuffiness, etc., after the abscess matures and ruptures, pus and blood can be seen flowing out of the ear;

2. Diffuse otitis externa: it can be accompanied by diffuse redness and swelling of the ear canal, accumulation of secretions on the wall of the external auditory canal, narrowing of the external auditory canal, and swollen lymph nodes around the ear.

Diffuse otitis externa is caused by gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Proteus vulgaris, Staphylococcus aureus, or, rarely, fungi. Boils in the external auditory canal are often caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Some people (such as those with allergic reactions, psoriasis, eczema or seborrheic dermatitis) are particularly susceptible to otitis externa.